STS-59
STS-59 was a Space Shuttle program mission that took place in 1994. The launch was chronicled by the 1994 Discovery Channel special about the Space Shuttle program.
Space Shuttle Endeavour in orbit with SIR-C in its payload bay | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-59 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Radar imaging |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 1994-020A |
| SATCAT no. | 23042 |
| Mission duration | 11 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, 30 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 7,571,762 kilometers (4,704,875 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 183 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Endeavour |
| Payload mass | 12,490 kilograms (27,540 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 9 April 1994, 11:05 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 20 April 1994, 16:55 UTC |
| Landing site | Edwards Runway 22 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 194 kilometres (121 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 204 kilometres (127 mi) |
| Inclination | 57 degrees |
| Period | 88.4 min |
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Left to right - Standing: Chilton, Gutierrez; Seated: Godwin, Jones, Apt, Clifford | |
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